Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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